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The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti

sbookybrain's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

relevantbook123's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

captainkohli's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

mel1n's review against another edition

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reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

rociovoncina's review against another edition

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5.0

Titulo: Las ocho montañas
Autor: Paolo Cognetti
Año publicado: 2016
Motivo de lectura: -
Lectura / Relectura: Lectura
Fisico / Electronico: Electronico
Mi edicion: -
Idioma: Español
Puntuacion: 5/5


Esta novela la calificaria como de viaje a lo emocional. Descubrir quienes somos y como nos relacionamos con los demas.

El desarrollo de sus personajes esta en el punto justo, no hay detalles innecesarios o informacion de relleno. Aun asi el escritor logra una gran profundidad en los protagonistas.

Una de los puntos que mas me gusta es como se plantea los lazos/relaciones personales dentro de la trama, nada es perfecto ni romantizado, y eso es lo que dentro de la ficcion hace que todo se sienta real.
La manera en que Paolo Cognetti describe los detalles de los escenarios, su gran talento para hacer esto se asemeja a dar play a un pelicula mental, leyendo en realidad podes ver todo. Logra capturar cada cosa de manera impecable, desde la inmensidad de una montaña hasta una cena entre amigos.

La manera en que Cognetti plasma los sentimientos es una maravilla.



El planteamiento de la soledad en compañia (el sentimiento de sentirse solo, aun estando en compañia), pero ademas la real soledad, y como algunas personas lidian con este tema. Al filo de plantear si la soledad es una opcion, o es una aceptacion ante lo que podria considerarse la resignacion del dia a dia.

Este es un libro simple, de una vida simple y sencilla. Si no te gusta la idea de una vida sencilla, definitivamente este libro no te gustara.

mirthedh's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Onverwacht een van de mooiste boeken die ik ooit gelezen heb. Ik werd een beetje verliefd op de bergen ondanks dat ik nog nooit op een gestaan heb.

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deschatjes's review against another edition

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4.0

Mountains, coming to terms with nature - the outdoors and your own nature, family relationships & friendships

elanna76's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

If I had to define this novel in a word, that word would be "honest". There is not a hint of complacency towards the characters' flaws or the harshness - and sometimes  mysery - of life in the mountains; yet, it overflows with love.
Also, a rare case of a contemporary Italian writer using a clear, elegant style reminding of the great classics of the afterwar literature - Cassola, Bassani, Calvino. A component of this flavour must be the ability to integrate in the dialogues the feeling of the angular conversation of Alps and Appenines people, without recyrring to actual dialect, with the exception of few botanic terms.
What got me though, were a couple of passages about going back to and exploring the mountain, that hit like an avalanche and, to my own surprise, made me cry with nostalgia; not only that - that would be not more than a relatively easy trick - but they also made me reflect on what it means loving the mountain as an external visitor, no matter how frequent or exalted, and even made clear to me why I seem to feel free of all anxiety, and fully present to myself, only when I go back to certain towns on a certain mountain in Abruzzo, and to their people.

nenegattoli's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5⭐️

helene09_12_2008's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75